Posted by Chewie on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 12:54PM :
In Reply to: Another virus?? posted by J Henry on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 12:23PM :
This note was sent to me this morning by my friend who has been right about this stuff before. I cleaned it up a little--Chewie
Subject: WORST VIRUS EVER...CNN ANNOUNCED
A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive ever! This virus was discovered
yesterday afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed.
This virus simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information
for its functioning are stored.
This virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your list with the title "A Card for You".
As soon as the supposed virtual card is opened, the computer freezes so that the user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently
destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New
York, according to news broadcast by CNN.
This alert was received by an employee of Microsoft itself.
So don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual Card for You."
As soon as you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you know the sender!!!
Forward this to everyone in your address book. I'm sure most people, like myself, would rather receive this 25 times than not at all.
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